Basoga Is Dead
INFORMATION Minister Basoga Nsadhu (above) has died. <br>He was declared dead on arrival at the casualty ward, Mulago Hospital at around 7:30pm last night.
Information minister dies on arrival at Mulago
By Vision Reporters
INFORMATION Minister Basoga Nsadhu (above) has died.
He was declared dead on arrival at the casualty ward, Mulago Hospital at around 7:30pm last night.
Basoga has been on leave since April 15. Family members yesterday afternoon asked the minister’s office to rush his personal physician, Dr. Okwera, to his Entebbe Road home after he developed some complications.
Dr. Okwera made a preliminary diagnosis of pneumonia and put him under observation for two hours.
After slow response to first aid, Okwera referred Basoga to Mulago at around 7:00pm. He died on the way to the hospital.
By press time, the body was in a private room in the hospital’s VIP wing where relatives had gathered.
State House and ministry officials expressed shock at his sudden death.
“We are devastated,†said Mary Okurut, the President’s Press Secretary. Onapito Ekomoloit, the Special Presidential Assistant, said, “It is a complete shock. It is a great loss to the country and particularly to the media fraternity.â€
Basoga has been information minister since 1997. Prior to that he was State Minister for Finance in charge of Custodian Board (1994) and a Constituent Assembly delegate for Busiki county, Iganga district.
He was active in student politics at Makerere University where he was a Democratic Party youth winger.
He worked as information officer in western Uganda. He was arrested by the Obote II regime and disappeared for a year.
Basoga Nsadhu also served as The New Vision board member for many years.
Basoga made his mark in the Movement politics when he launched a crusade against corruption while he was a National Resistance Council member from 1989 to 1996.
He was also a patron to numerous women and youth development programmes.
He is also remembered for his proposal to have the Movement rule for 1000 years.
The body of the minister was wrapped in a red and blue cloth in the VIP section of the hospital.
Grief-stricken Members of Parliament, friends and relatives kept calling to express their sympathy.
Another relative, Mr. Kakaire, said he was driving to Jinja when Basoga Nsadhu’s aides called him at about 8:00pm to announce the death.
The relatives said they were waiting for the Government to announce burial arrangements. Basoga Nsadhu was the longest-serving information minister.
He will be remembered, among other achievements, for presiding over the rapid mushrooming of FM radio stations throughout the country.
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By Vision Reporters
INFORMATION Minister Basoga Nsadhu (above) has died.
He was declared dead on arrival at the casualty ward, Mulago Hospital at around 7:30pm last night.
Basoga has been on leave since April 15. Family members yesterday afternoon asked the minister’s office to rush his personal physician, Dr. Okwera, to his Entebbe Road home after he developed some complications.
Dr. Okwera made a preliminary diagnosis of pneumonia and put him under observation for two hours.
After slow response to first aid, Okwera referred Basoga to Mulago at around 7:00pm. He died on the way to the hospital.
By press time, the body was in a private room in the hospital’s VIP wing where relatives had gathered.
State House and ministry officials expressed shock at his sudden death.
“We are devastated,†said Mary Okurut, the President’s Press Secretary. Onapito Ekomoloit, the Special Presidential Assistant, said, “It is a complete shock. It is a great loss to the country and particularly to the media fraternity.â€
Basoga has been information minister since 1997. Prior to that he was State Minister for Finance in charge of Custodian Board (1994) and a Constituent Assembly delegate for Busiki county, Iganga district.
He was active in student politics at Makerere University where he was a Democratic Party youth winger.
He worked as information officer in western Uganda. He was arrested by the Obote II regime and disappeared for a year.
Basoga Nsadhu also served as The New Vision board member for many years.
Basoga made his mark in the Movement politics when he launched a crusade against corruption while he was a National Resistance Council member from 1989 to 1996.
He was also a patron to numerous women and youth development programmes.
He is also remembered for his proposal to have the Movement rule for 1000 years.
The body of the minister was wrapped in a red and blue cloth in the VIP section of the hospital.
Grief-stricken Members of Parliament, friends and relatives kept calling to express their sympathy.
Another relative, Mr. Kakaire, said he was driving to Jinja when Basoga Nsadhu’s aides called him at about 8:00pm to announce the death.
The relatives said they were waiting for the Government to announce burial arrangements. Basoga Nsadhu was the longest-serving information minister.
He will be remembered, among other achievements, for presiding over the rapid mushrooming of FM radio stations throughout the country.
Ends